The Hammer and Sickle

[Phoenix]

Rumor has it that the company is sending FEs to fly in the FO seat with captains that seem to burn too much gas. Next thing ya know the rumors are gonna fly about how folks need to keep their pets indoors at night.



Some Russian airlines overwork their crews and fine pilots for using too much fuel... Airline officials insist their fuel conservation incentives and fines don't apply to extreme conditions and thus don't affect safety. .. "Some companies keep dossiers recording how much fuel a captain expends on his flights," he said. "If he expends extra, he is told: 'You get no bonus now, and if you keep acting like that we shall think whether the company needs you.' That sits deeply in pilot's brain and guides his actions."

Many experts who asses the accident rate in Russia, that is 13 times higher than elsewhere, see it as symptomatic of a much deeper problem with Russian aviation: A burgeoning fleet of small, low-budget airlines, under-trained pilots, weak government regulation and a cost-cutting mentality in which pilots who abort flights and landings are sometimes fined.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20024365/

 

[ClueByFour]

This probably has more to do withi the "three engine taxi" nonsense coming out of the East than any Russian motives, and I suspect you know it.

 

[Phoenix]

This probably has more to do withi the "three engine taxi" nonsense coming out of the East than any Russian motives, and I suspect you know it.

A burgeoning fleet of small, low-budget airlines, under-trained pilots, weak government regulation and a cost-cutting mentality in which pilots who abort flights and landings are sometimes fined.

Don't know about your suspicion.. What I know is that sounds like recent trends of the US landscape. B)

 

[allstrike]

It sort of reminds me of the movie Shindlers list when the SS guy ask one of the prisoners to make me a hinge.
And when he does,states thats very good 2 min...youve been here for 3 hrs how come you only have 12 hinges made today. :down: :down: :down:

 

[JS]

Thanks for letting me know that flying US Airways is like drunken base jumping while under the thumb of Hitler. So very helpful, informative, and 100% accurate.

 

[AstroLounge]

Just had to respond when I saw the titles of "Hammer and Sickle". Maybe they can redesign the HERITAGE CIRCLE with the H&S insignia and have a subtitle "The Gulag that MAKES US Fly!"